Chapter Vacancy to Vanquisher of V by Soule's Synonymes

Vamp, n. Upper leather (of a shoe).

Vamp, v. a. Repair, mend, piece, patch, tinker, refit, retouch, vamp up, patch up.

Vampire, n.

1. Parasite, bloodsucker.

2. Extortioner, vulture.

3. (Zoöl.) Vampire-bat (Vampirus spectrum).

Van, n.

1. Front (of an army or a fleet), fore-rank.

2. Covered wagon.

Van-courier, n. Precursor, avant-courier.

Vandal, n. Barbarian, savage, destroyer.

Vandal, a. Barbarous, savage, Vandalic, rude.

Vandalic, a. See Vandal, a.

Vandalism, n. Barbarity, savagery.

Vane, n.

1. Weather-cock.

2. Blade (of a windmill, propeller, etc.).

Vanglo, n. Bene, oil-plant (Sesamum orientale).

Van-guard, n. Advance-guard, first line, van, front rank.

Vanish, v. a.

1. Disappear, go out of sight, be lost to view, become invisible.

2. Disappear, dissolve, fade away, melt away, pass away, be lost, be no more, pass, fade, be annihilated.

Vanity, n.

1. Emptiness, hollowness, triviality, worthlessness, futility, unrealness, unsubstantialness, falsity, vanitas vanitatum.